Bangkok Asian Boxing Championship 2015
Boxer Devendro thrashes China's He Junjun 3-0
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 30 2015 :
Manipuri pugilist Laishram Devendro (49 kg) thrashed He Junjun of China 3-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the Asian Boxing Championship being held in Bangkok.
Devendro opened the day for India and the Commonwealth Games silver-medallist was on an all out attack mode from the very first second, pushing Junjun on to the backfoot with a flurry of jabs.
The first round completely belonged to Devendro and that initial domination came in handy in the next two rounds.
According to reports, Devendro slowed the pace of attack and waited for his rival to make the first move.
Junjun had been left unnerved by the initial attack that he was hesitant to land the first blow despite having a longer reach.
Devendro took advantage of the situation and intimidated him couple of powerful left uppercuts besides his regular jabs to eke out a comfortable triumph.
Devendro will be fighting Cornelis Kwangu Langu in the quarterfinals on September 1.Langu got the better of Vietnam's Ngoc Tan Inahuynh in his last-16 stage bout.
Defending champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) also notched up victory ies as they advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Boxing Championships here on Sunday.
While Shiva fought through an engrossing contest to beat Jordan's Mohammad Alwadi 3-0.However, last edition's silver-medallist Mandeep Jangra (69kg) bowed out after losing 1-2 to Japan's Yasuhiro Suzuki.